In her new book, Cached: Decoding the Internet in Global Popular Culture, Stephanie Ricker Schulte examines how the Internet and the World Wide Web have interacted with popular culture.
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Just as beer and wine come in a variety of colors and flavors, so too, does honey. Our insect expert, Dr. Don Steinkraus, explains the ins and outs of honey production, while leading a honey tasting inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Roby Brock of our content partner Talk Business Arkansas says that the state revised its general revenue predictions upward for the year, Murphy Oil posts a revenue increase for the quarter, and other business and politics stories from the past seven days.Dr. Megan Witonski says that she is thrilled to take her new post with the Arkansas Department of Education as assistant commissioner with the Division of Learning Services. Among the many responsibilities of the new job is the state's transition to the set of common language arts and math standards being implemented by 45 states.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a review of Macklemore's latest album, and remembering a great American artist.
This month's music review shines a light on the album The Heist, which features the work of rapper Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis.Here is a guide to clips used in our Sunday montage salute to computers:
- The band Kraftwerk sings "Computer Love."
- A seemingly innocent beginning to a complicated relationship in the movie War Games.
- A computer discussion from The Computer Who Wore Tennis Shoes, released in 1969.
- Styx and that very odd song, "Mr. Roboto."
- A not-so-innocent continuation of a complicated relationship in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- A computer foul up in 1957’s Desk Set starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn.
- "You’ve Got Mail!"
- A very terse answer that reflects a complicated relationship in the movie The Social Network.
- An ominous warning about a complicated relationship in the original, 1982 version of Tron.
- The Jetsons theme.
Here is a guide to clips used in our Sunday montage salute to computers:
- The band Kraftwerk sings "Computer Love."
- A seemingly innocent beginning to a complicated relationship in the movie War Games.
- A computer discussion from The Computer Who Wore Tennis Shoes, released in 1969.
- Styx and that very odd song, "Mr. Roboto."
- A not-so-innocent continuation of a complicated relationship in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- A computer foul up in 1957’s Desk Set starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn.
- "You’ve Got Mail!"
- A very terse answer that reflects a complicated relationship in the movie The Social Network.
- An ominous warning about a complicated relationship in the original, 1982 version of Tron.
- The Jetsons theme.
Bear hunts, mermaids and dinner, Becca Martin Brown offers plenty to occupy your Mother's Day afternoon. Plus, the upcoming season at the Arts Center of the Ozarks.
Charles Banks Wilson, an American artist, was laid to rest on Tuesday in his hometown of Miami, Oklahoma. He was born and passed in Arkansas. Wilson is best known for his works of the American Indian. Wilson's works are housed in some of the most renowned museums and art galleries in the world, including New York's Metropolitan Museum, Washington's Library of Congress, the Corcoran Gallery, the Oklahoma State Capitol where four 13 feet tall and 27 feet wide murals line the rotunda, and the Gilcrease Museum, which owns more than 300 pieces of the artist's work.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, critical blood supply levels have led to the issuance of a code red alert. Plus, Crowder College prepares to celebrate the grand opening of its newest location.
Click It or Ticket, a local celebration of National Cancer Survivors Day and more.
“Until the End of the World” by U2
Becca suggests doing something this weekend. Options include the Twilight Walk, the White Street Walk and the New Play Festival.
FHS senior Henry Hanson reads his poem about his “third place.”
“It's the End of the World” by Vitamin String Quartet
Now there's a way for UA students to dispose of old textbooks that bookstores won't buy back.
The McNair Elementary Glee Club recently stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to sing a few songs.
